SIUE (0-0, 0-0 Ohio Valley)
at Best on Bayou Challenge (Monroe, La.)
vs. Jacksonville State (2/11 - 12:30 p.m.)
vs. Lousiana Tech (2/11 - 3 p.m.)
at Louisiana Monroe (2/12 - 12:30 p.m.)
vs. Syracuse (2/12 - 3 p.m.)
vs. Evansville (2/13 - 9 a.m.)
FIRST PITCH
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Amber Storer is the team's top returning hitter with a .320 batting average. She had eight doubles last season and four home runs.
• Storer and
Lexi King are the lone returners to appear and start in all 39 games last season.
• Despite not making the Ohio Valley Conference Tournament last season, which included only four teams, SIUE won its last nine games of the season.
• King tied for the team lead last season in triples with three.
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Micah Arps led the team last season in stolen bases (19).
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Sydney Baalman was named a "Player to Watch" by the OVC during the preseason after finishing her freshman season with a 10-9 record and a 2.86 earned run average.
• SIUE eight six newcomers on the 2022 roster:
Katie Smith (DuQuoin, Ill.),
Sherri Mason (Haskell, Okla.),
Kelsey Ray (Goreville, Ill.),
Lauryn Yslava (Gilroy, Calif.),
Abby Braundmeier (Aviston, Ill.),
Piper Montgomery (Arnold, Mo.),
Aerin Talley (Spencer, Okla.) and
Ashlyn Betz (Alton, Ill.)
• This is the first season for Interim Head Coach
P.J. Finigan. He was named to position July 1.